[Zope] problems with Zope rendering PDF Files

[Dennis Allison]

A couple of things -- first IE does not do the right thing with PDF
files.   Check the archives for a couple of possible workarounds.

Second, as you are working out of the LFS, be sure that the local
file permissions are OK and that the proper LFS access is OK in 
Zope.

On Fri, 23 May 2003, Williams, Rhian wrote:

> 
> [ Williams, Rhian]
> 
> > Has anyone had problems with Zope not rendering PDF files 
> > properly? The pdf
> > files are in a localFS object in Zope and are opened within 
> > the browers.
> > Most files are ok but I am recently having problems with a 
> > couple of files.
> > I get a "File is damaged and could not be repaired" message 
> > when I try to
> > open it within Internet Explorer or Opera. 
> 
> >Can you tell if it has something to do with the file size?  Perhaps the
> >problem files are the only ones over some size, like 64K or whatever.
> 
> >Try saving to disk instead of viewing in the browser - you ought to be
> >able to do that much - then see if the file size is right.
> 
> >Cheers,
> 
> >Tom P
> 
> 
> At the moment I am having problems with 3 files one is 23MB, one is 1.6MB
> and the other is only 519kb. 
> Ok the first one is especially large but this cannot be the problem with the
> other 2 as I can have files of up to 4 MB which I can open
> 
> I have no possibilily to save the file to disk when the browser fails to
> display it the file, all save as and view source options are blended out.
> Rhian Williams
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Passin, Tom [mailto:tpassin@mitretek.org]
> Sent: 23 May 2003 16:44
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: RE: [Zope] problems with Zope rendering PDF Files
> 
> 
> [ Williams, Rhian]
> 
> > Has anyone had problems with Zope not rendering PDF files 
> > properly? The pdf
> > files are in a localFS object in Zope and are opened within 
> > the browers.
> > Most files are ok but I am recently having problems with a 
> > couple of files.
> > I get a "File is damaged and could not be repaired" message 
> > when I try to
> > open it within Internet Explorer or Opera. 
> 
> Can you tell if it has something to do with the file size?  Perhaps the
> problem files are the only ones over some size, like 64K or whatever.
> 
> Try saving to disk instead of viewing in the browser - you ought to be
> able to do that much - then see if the file size is right.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom P
> 
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